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Near Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire.

Stafford

(1.1 miles, 1.8 km)

Set in a landscape of contrasts with constantly changing scenery from the Royal hunting forests of Cannock Chase to the breweries of Burton, it is pleasurable to come across the.....

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Walton-on-the-Hill

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction E)

Walton on the hill is a pretty village a short distance from the favoured town of Epsom and the famous "downs" racecourse...

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Cannock Town Centre

Cannock

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction SE)

Think of Cannock and nearly always there springs to life a vision of the wonderful landscape of Cannock Chase, originally a giant "Royal Forest" gradually reduced in size and grazed by numerous flocks of sheep until the turn of the 20th century...

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Cottages in Tong

Tong

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction SW)

Fortunately, this attractive village was saved from the ravages of traffic by the building of the A41 By-Pass which was built around 1966...

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The yellow flower of Oil Seed Rape

Cheadle

(14.3 miles, 23.1 km, direction NE)

Cheadle has several fine black and white half timbered buildings in the town that date from the 16th-century..

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Wolverhampton - St Peter's Church

Wolverhampton

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction S)

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Lichfield Cathedral from Beacon Park

Lichfield

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction SE)

The Lichfield Markets have been held on the historic Market Square since King Stephen granted the first charter for a market in 1153. In the past martyrs were burnt at the.....

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Opening up for birthing at Stoke on Trent, Trent and Mersey canal

Stoke-on-Trent

(15.6 miles, 25.0 km, direction N)

Town known best as "the potteries" but in reality Stoke-on-Trent is a 1906 amalgamation of six towns, each of which still maintain their own individuality and character...

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Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Market Drayton

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction NW)

Market Drayton is famous as the home of Gingerbread, and as the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India, he was educated at the Grammar School, founded in 1558, and his desk bearing his carved initials is still preserved...

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Alton Castle, Staffordshire

Alton

(16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction NE)

The village has many elegant stone buildings, and there is a circular lock-up and the romantic ruins of a 12th-century castle...

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House

(1.2 miles, 2.0 km, direction E)

Dominating Stafford's Greengate Street, is an impressive Elizabethan building that has stood at the centre of the town for over.....

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Stafford - Shire Hall

Shire Hall Gallery

(1.3 miles, 2.1 km, direction E)

Stafford's handsome Shire Hall Gallery with its impressive porticoed frontage, served for a time as the local Crown Court. .....

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Sunrise through the Pines, Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase Country Park

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction SE)

Once upon a time this vast area was the 'Happy Hunting' ground of Kings and Queens of England who came here to enjoy a good day's.....

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The River Trent, Shugborough Estate

Shugborough Estate

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction E)

Shugborough Hall with its vast surrounding estate has been the seat of the Earls of Lichfield, the Anson family, ever since it.....

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Eccleshall Castle

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction NW)

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Chartley Castle, Staffordshire

Chartley Castle

(7.6 miles, 12.3 km, direction NE)

The very castle that once held Mary Queen of Scots. First built by one of the early Earls of Chester circa 1100, the castle has a.....

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Downs Banks

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction N)

A little wilderness of woodlands and heath in the heart of the Midlands...

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Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction SW)

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Path to the house at Moseley Old Hall

Moseley Old Hall

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction S)

Elizabethan house, famous for its association with Charles II..

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Monkey Forest, Trentham, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Monkey Forest

(11.5 miles, 18.6 km, direction N)

This is an outstanding tourist attraction for children and adults of all ages. Here, in a vast wilderness of trees 140 Barbary.....

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